This Day in Golf History: May 1

Arnold Palmer shot some low scores on May 1. In 1958 it was a first-round 65 in the Colonial Nat’l Inv., and he would finish T-12. In 1970 it was a first-round 66 at the Byron Nelson Cl. In 1972, it was a final-round 68 at the Nelson to finish 6th. And in 1977, Palmer shot a final-round 67 at the Houston Open, finishing T-17. On this date in 1955, golf (and sport) legend Babe Didrikson-Zaharias won the Peach Blossom LPGA Tournament in Spartanburg, S.C., by two shots over Marilynn Smith. It was the Babe’s final LPGA victory before her death in 1956.